After the last few weeks of my kiddos school, my school, and a few other various things, I think we are finally back in the swing of things around here. Summer always throws us for a loop and it’s so hard for me to get back on track when it’s over L With that being said, before we get into anything new here on Southern Belle, I thought I’d do a recap on what my summer consisted of…because I know you’re just dying to hear all about it! J
It
really wasn’t that interesting, to be quite honest. Just a lot of running and
insanity. I’ll sum it up for you: starts with a family visit where my daughter
goes back with family to stay until we go visit; she decides she wants to come
early and we have to make a special trip to get her; study, study, study to
test out of the first part of my nursing school that I’ve completed elsewhere
(I made the mistake of studying what they told me to, which was the last part
of the class that apparently everyone fails); here I am, passing all the NCLEX
questions out of several different books and SOMEHOW no one in the class even
passes the first test (let’s not even begin to talk about how I could have
argued over half of those questions and the type they used. How this university
is NLN accredited beats the hell out of me!!) so now I have to do that year
over for this school. Want money much?; we had a death in the family; went back
to my home in Kentucky to visit again (pretty much stayed at my aunt’s and my parents’ houseboat the whole time);
brought my brother back with us to stay for a bit (he went back
this weekend); got things ready for school time again. Of course there are
other things here and there, but those are the highlights. Yes, completely
thrilling, I know. To be quite honest, it was nice to relax.
Here
are a "few" of the pics from the summer:
Adventure time near one of the caves by us. It was too
steep for me to be comfortable climbing with little man, so we just enjoyed the
view. Basically if you slipped you would fall over a cliff approximately 100
feet into the cascading falls below.
This little gem here is a first edition Anna Karenina that I got this summer! Super steal!
My brother came back with us and the kids tortured him, he caught two hummingbirds with his bare hands (they seem to just fly straight at him), enjoyed the new Oreo Dream Cheesecake at CF, and had a little fun with watermelon!
Some boating fun on the speedboat and then the houseboat! You see Miss Priss playing Captain and hanging with her memaw. Then my hubby thought he'd give it a go. Lastly, Little Dude and daddy doing some tubing. He was not amused.
My hunny and I enjoying the beautiful lake scenery. The last night on the lake was a full moon and it was so breathtaking out on the houseboat at night!
A little summer randomness: Implemented a new chore/schedule for the kids that actually worked, got a new piano and you see Mozart sitting over there composing (the musical genius as opposed to the dependent, sick, scatology obsessed creeper), Kade caught her first fish and refused to touch it, and I BAKED donuts (pretty, but eh. Some things are better left unhealthy).
Another bit of randomness: A little fishing, Roman checking the map while sitting on a statue at the zoo, my hubby and my sweet Mamaw, and probably the weirdest animal I've ever seen.
Definitely can't forget I got a new puppy!! Meet Madeleine (Madi)!! The vet finally determined her to be a Papillon/Chihuahua. The ones on the right are when we first got her at eight weeks, and the one on the left is her all growed (yes, I meant that) up at 18 weeks (she's 20 weeks now)!
Last, but not least, the BEST part of the summer was the birth of my niece!! She's such a little cutie!! Everyone meet Eleanor Ann Luckett!! Little Miss Ellie :) Ann happens to be my middle name as well, so of course, I'm thrilled! Never mind it's also her other aunt, plus a family name for my family. We'll just pretend it's completely after me!! Ha!
That about sums it up!! What have YOU been up to? Tomorrow, I'll let you know what I've been doing since Fall began and give you a sneak peak of some of the yummy treats I have coming up! Gotta run and finish this party planning for my little man!!!
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